Latest Tennessee Headlines

All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Greenbrier Hotel Corp Sued by Tennessee Rental Co Over $623K Insurance Payout

Dec 14 2017 // A Tennessee company has filed a lawsuit against The Greenbrier Hotel Corporation in West Virginia and two affiliated companies, citing The Greenbrier resort’s failure to pay out on damaged rental equipment.The...

Brentwood Services Administrators of Tennessee Adds Anderson to Claims Unit

Dec 12 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has added Deanna Nicole Anderson as a claims assistant in its occupational injury unit in the Brentwood office, according to Jeff Pettus,...

Ex-Tennessee Lawmaker Sues Trucking Company for $1.5M Over Accident Injuries

Dec 12 2017 // A former Tennessee lawmaker is suing an Illinois trucking company for injuries he received in a vehicle accident.The Kingsport Times News reports that former state Rep. Jason Mumpower, who is currently the Tennessee...

Brightway Insurance to Open 3 New Offices, Expand Into Tennessee

Dec 8 2017 // Brightway Insurance is continuing its expansion across the country with the opening of three new offices on Dec. 11, which includes the opening of its first agency in Tennessee. Erik Serio will open Brightway, The Serio...

New York’s The Iroquois Group Announces Regional Realignment

Dec 7 2017 // The Iroquois Group, an Allegany, N.Y.-based service provider for independent property and casualty insurance agencies, has announced changes to its regional structure to better align Iroquois regions with those of their...

Tennessee Community Devastated by Fires Doubtful Climate Change Poses Future Risk

Dec 7 2017 // Bob Bentz had just installed underground utility lines and paved a new road when wildfires roared through the eastern Tennessee treetop canopy he wanted to transform into a $30 million adventure park.A year later, after...

Tennessee’s McPeak to Succeed Wisconsin’s Nickel as NAIC President in 2018

Dec 6 2017 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected the following officers for 2018 during the organization’s Fall 2017 national meeting. The newly-elected officers who will assume their...

Fire at Tennessee Animal Rescue Injures Workers, Firefighter, Animals

Dec 6 2017 // Veterinarians in Tennessee are treating animals injured in a fire at a zoo and rescue facility for exotic animals.Anderson County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Lucas told WATE-TV that some zoo workers and a firefighter...

3M Says it Underreported Chemical Discharge in Tennessee River

Dec 4 2017 // For more than three years, 3M Co. underreported its discharge of a class of potentially toxic chemicals into the Tennessee River by a factor of 1,000, according to a letter sent by a 3M official to regulators at the...

Tennessee Fines Nursing Home $50K For Patient Deaths

Dec 4 2017 // Tennessee state inspectors found widespread neglect resulting in patients’ deaths at a nursing home that has been fined $50,000, the most of any such penalty ever imposed. The Commercial Appeal cites the inspection...

Woman Staying in Hotel During Tennessee Wildfires Claims PTSD in Lawsuit

Dec 1 2017 // A Tennessee woman who checked in to a hotel as deadly wildfires raged nearby says in a lawsuit that she was terrified she would die in the hotel and is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because of the...

Index Shows Where People Are Moving in Next Few Months

Nov 30 2017 // It’s possible to know where in the country more homebuyers will be moving over the next 30 to 90 days, thanks to what’s called a “pre-mover” index.It turns out that the U.S. markets with the highest...

Idled Tennessee Chemical Plant Maintains Staff After Explosion

Nov 9 2017 // A chemical plant in Tennessee that will likely stay idle until next year has maintained its staff of almost 700 workers as it recovers from an explosion there in September.The Chattanooga Times Free-Press reports that...

NORCAL Mutual Expands MPLI Offerings to Tennessee

Nov 6 2017 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company is now offering coverage to health care professionals in Tennessee. This is the latest in NORCAL’s national expansion, which now reaches 39 states, including the District of...

Brentwood Services Inc. of Tennessee Names Tucker Senior Accountant

Nov 3 2017 // Brentwood Services Inc. (BSI), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has appointed Jason Tucker to the position of senior accountant in the Accounting Department, according to Jeff Pettus, chief operating officer of Brentwood...

Tennessee Fire Captain Arrested for Setting Own Home on Fire

Oct 31 2017 // Tennessee investigators say a captain with Nashville’s fire department was arrested on arson and insurance fraud charges for setting his home on fire on purpose. According to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news...

Tennessee City To Redact Personal Info From Crash Reports

Oct 27 2017 // A Tennessee city will stop releasing traffic accident reports with unredacted personal information following a federal lawsuit questioning the efficacy of an ethical rule requiring attorneys to wait 30 days before...

Train Derailment in Tennessee Sends Multiple Rail Cars Into Buildings

Oct 24 2017 // Authorities in Tennessee say a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Knoxville, sending rail cars carrying shipping containers off the tracks, with some of them plowing into buildings. No one was injured. The News-Sentinel in...

Sunday Update: Weakened Tropical Storm Nate Brings Rain, Tornado Warnings to South

Oct 7 2017 // Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages.Maximum sustained winds from Nate, the fourth...

Tennessee Valley Authority Appeals Judge’s Order to Remove Coal Ash

Oct 4 2017 // A federal utility is appealing a judge’s order to excavate and move its coal ash at a Tennessee power plant.In Nashville federal court Monday, the Tennessee Valley Authority filed an appeal notice over its Gallatin...